WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION          G/AG/N/NZL/45 
11 August 2006 
 (06-3870) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 17 July 2006, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of New Zealand .  The notification concerns actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negativ e Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-
Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) for the financial year 
2004/2005.   
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  Table NF:1 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT:  
MONITORING OF THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON  
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF  
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET  
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES :  NEW ZEALAND  
 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2004/2005 Financial Year ($NZ)  
 
 (1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing countries:  
 New Zealand does not make in-kind food aid do nations.  All New Zealand food aid assistance 
is provided in cash grant form. 
 
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
 
 100% grant 
 
FOOD AID 
 
 The New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID) pr ovides emergency relief 
through two Emergency and Disaster  Relief Funds, one for the Pacific and one for the rest of the 
world.  Outside the Pacific, grant funding is provided in response to emergency appeals from 
multilateral relief agencies, par ticularly the World Food Programme.  Funding is also provided 
following appeals from NGOs.  Most of this relief is  in the form of non-food aid (shelter, seeds for 
crops, immunisations, training etc.).  However, tho se instances where food aid did form part of the 
overall assistance are listed under "NGOs" below. 
 In the Pacific, NZAID provides emergency relief during and following the Cyclone season.  
Almost all of this relief is in the form of equipmen t for shelter and medical evacuation.  Little, if any, 
food aid is provided.  
 
Core Funding to Multilateral Agencies
 ($NZ)  
 
WFP 1,000,000 (see below also) CGIAR 900,000 
 
 Other Multilateral Agencies Funding
 ($NZ)  
 
International Potato Centre 500,000 
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture 500,000 
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  Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals  ($NZ)  
 
International Organisations 
World Food Programme  
Indian Ocean Tsunami 5,000,000 
Sudan  1,000,000 
Southern Africa PRRO  500,000 
Timor Leste  500,000 
Myanmar 440,000 
North Korea  400,000  
NGOs  
AFRICA 
Mali  (World Vision) 70,000 
Niger  (World Vision) 80,000 
Sudan (Christian World Service)  80,000 
Sudan (Caritas Darfur Response)  180,000 
Sudan (World Vision)  153,500  
Zimbabwe  (Oxfam) 80,000 
Zimbabwe  (Tear Fund) 50,000 
 
PACIFIC 
Papua New Guinea (World Vision) 257,000 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:  
 All financial assistance provided by NZAID is in grant form.  Assistance provided in the year to June 2005 includes: 
     Pacific Regional
 ($NZ)  
 
Forum Fisheries Agency 1,026,000 Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC) 6,143,000 
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Asia Regional
 
 
Phytosanitary capacity building for 66,500 Plant protection agencies in Mekong  
 
Mekong Food Quality and Safety 408,500 
  
Bilateral
 
 
NZAID develops projects with bilateral pa rtner countries which provide technical and 
financial assistance to improve their agricultura l productivity and sustainability, enhance food 
security, develop infrastructure and create greater revenue-earning opportunities.  Current projects include (to the year ending June 2005): 
  
 ($NZ) 
PACIFIC 
 
Cook Islands 
Marine Resources 223,500 
 
Niue 
Vanilla Production 340,000 
 
Kiribati 
Marine Training Centre 117,500 
 
Papua New Guinea 
Agricultural Institutional Strengthening 280,500 
Fresh Produce Development 532,500 
 ASIA 
  
Cambodia 
Siem Reap fruit & veg development 5,500 
Food security initiative 74,500 
NW Cambodia Agribusiness 58,500 
  
Laos 
Community fisheries 128,000 
 
China 
Livestock development 166,500 
Agricultural development 50,000 
 
Viet Nam 
Organic tea production 181,000 
 
India 
Cage Fish Culture 86,500 
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  Sri Lanka 
Pear industry development, Sri Lanka 8,000 
 
New Zealand  NGO Funding 
Core-funding for Trade Aid  624,000 (assistance to farmers of tea, coffee etc) 
  
AFRICA 
 
Kenya 
Lake Victoria Fisheries Management 30,500  
 
Mozambique 
Oxfam Food, cattle and crops project 50,000 
 
South Africa 
Sustainable Agriculture 60,000 
 
 
LATIN AMERICA 
 
Brazil 
Feijoa fruit 34,500 
  
 
(4) Other relevant information with respect to  actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision:  
 The NZAID scholarship scheme provides financial assistance to students from developing 
countries who wish to study at New Zealand in stitutions.  A number of these students attend 
agriculture-related courses at Lincoln and Massey Univ ersities, and are able to utilise their new skills 
on return to their home country.  NZAID also provides support to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji.   New Zealand diplomatic posts supply inform ation relevant to accessing the New Zealand 
market to developing country exporters and prov ide for further contact, where necessary, with the 
appropriate departments in New Zealand for more detailed advice/assistance.  Each Head of Mission 
also has two funds:  the Head of Mission Fund and the Small Projects Fund, which are used to fund smaller value projects, occasionally related to the primary sector.  Figures for these funds have not been included here.  
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